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  1. Challenge accepted!

    Two big sumps had to ship this week, requiring that they be crated and shipped Fedex Freight. To keep costs reasonable, I had to load these up in my trailer one at a time and drive them to Fedex Freight myself, rather than have a truck pick up at my location. They add charges if you need a lift gate, if you need a fork lift, if you are in a residential area, etc. My trailer has always been useful, back when I was cleaning floors, as well as during my carpentry days... plus all the remodeling ...
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  2. Let's see those Full Tank Shots

    Hey Reef Addicts, let's see those FTS' for July! Post all the pictures in this thread.

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  3. Big sump shipping out

    Micheal has been waiting for his new sump to ship out far longer than anticipated. Here's some pictures of what he's going to be receiving shortly.

    The sump is a beast... it goes under his beautiful new Marineland tank. Included is a large ATO Reservoir that holds 26g of RO/DI water to replenish evaporation.




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  4. Photo experiments

    So still experimenting with my new camera, a Nikon D5100 with 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 lens. Here's a couple of pictures of my fish. Currently all I have are 3 chromis and the one clown. Camera settings were ISO 400, f/5.0 with automatic shutter speed. My lens isn't very fast so even with the vibration reduction I have trouble getting clear shots of the fish at lower ISO settings. Also, I can't seem to get this camera to set white ballance to the tank lighting. So I shot these in Raw format and adjusted ...
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  5. There are No mermaids!